Cardiac function display apparatus and program therefor

A cardiac function display apparatus, comprising

• a functional image generation unit for generating a functional image representing a function of a heart in at least one position using first voxel data of a three-dimensional medical image obtained by photographing a subject;
• a morphological image generation unit for generating, using a portion of second voxel data of a three-dimensional medical image obtained by photographing the subject, which are identical to or different from the first voxel data, corresponding to an area which includes a blood vessel along an outer myocardial wall of the heart, a morphological image depicting morphology of the blood vessel, including a width of the blood vessel, and morphology of a tissue along the outer myocardial wall other than the blood vessel;
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• a superimpose display unit for displaying the functional image and the morphological image in a superimposing manner such that at least one position of the heart in the functional image corresponds to at least one position of the heart in the morphological image.

A computer readable recording medium on which is recorded a program for causing a computer to function as:

• a functional image generation unit for generating a functional image representing a function of a heart in at least one position using first voxel data of a three-dimensional medical image obtained by photographing a subject;
• a morphological image generation unit for generating, using a portion of second voxel data of a three-dimensional medical image obtained by photographing the subject, which are identical to or different from the first voxel data, corresponding to an area which includes a blood vessel along an outer myocardial wall of the heart, a morphological image depicting morphology of the blood vessel, including a width of the blood vessel, and morphology of a tissue along the outer myocardial wall other than the blood vessel;
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• a superimpose display unit for displaying the functional image and the morphological image in a superimposing manner such that at least one position of the heart in the functional image corresponds to at least one position of the heart in the morphological image.

A cardiac function display method performed by a cardiac function display apparatus, comprising

• a functional image generation step for generating a functional image representing a function of a heart in at least one position using first voxel data of a three-dimensional medical image obtained by photographing a subject;
• a morphological image generation step for generating, using a portion of second voxel data of a three-dimensional medical image obtained by photographing the subject, which are identical to or different from the first voxel data, corresponding to an area which includes a blood vessel along an outer myocardial wall of the heart, a morphological image depicting morphology of the blood vessel, including a width of the blood vessel, and morphology of a tissue along the outer myocardial wall other than the blood vessel;
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• a superimpose display step for displaying the functional image and the morphological image in a superimposing manner such that at least one position of the heart in the functional image corresponds to at least one position of the heart in the morphological image.